BRATTLEBORO — RE: “Economic impact of VY shutdown” [commonsnews.org, posted Dec. 26]:
The economic situation that will affect the tri-county area as a result of the closing of Vermont Yankee strikes me as creating an opportunity for these three counties to work together to create a comprehensive economic growth plan they can implement together to benefit the region.
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What started for Hal Lier as a desire to volunteer in his community has evolved into a new support program that aims to help older veterans remain connected to their communities and decrease social isolation. Vet to Vet, a program from Senior Solutions, matches volunteer military veterans with fellow veterans in southern Windham County. Similar to the agency's Friendly Visitor program, Vet to Vet connects volunteers to older veterans who live alone or have limited access to their community because...
Even if we said “no” to Columbus Day, what does that really change? This year, I am teaching early U.S. history, and I decided to check out almost all the children's books about Christopher Columbus from Rutland, Bennington, Brooks Memorial, and other Vermont libraries. My students analyzed the contents of these books. They asked questions like, “How many times do the Natives speak?,” “How many times does Columbus speak?,” “Are the Natives of Hispaniola (the Taínos) named in the books?,”
Afrofuturist, oro-shamanic, Black gay poet and jazz bass clarinetist Toussaint St. Negritude is coming to Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge Street, on Sunday, May 7, at 7 p.m. Toussaint St. Negritude presents what organizers are calling “a dynamic solo performance of liberational truth-telling, collaboratively pairing the call of his poetry with the intuitive responses of the bass clarinet, and additional instrumentation.” Along with the music and poetry, the former Poet Laureate of Belfast, Maine, further extends the experience visually with...
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